Plano

He officially turns in his candidacy at noon Oct. 1.

Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009

Plano police still looking for driver of a silver or gray Honda van who asked child to get in

Investigators don't believe this incident is related to the fourth-grader who was placed in a similar situation three days earlier.

Friday, Sept. 25, 2009

Plano City Council approves small tax hike

By Bill Baumbach

The Plano City tax increase is the latest in a series of small local government tax hikes caused by declining property values and economic malaise.

Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009

Dallas police officer arrested in Plano August 19 on suspicion of DWI

He was arrested early in the morning.

Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009

Plano city employees received $1.5 million in raises since November

However, Plano's new budget does not include an across-the-board pay raise.

Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009

Plano looks to Michigan to fix Preston/Legacy intersection

The intersection will be reconfigured so that no one is allowed to make a left turn at the intersection.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

City of Plano launches citywide resident prescription savings program

The prescription discount card can provide an average savings of 20% off retail price.

Friday, July 17, 2009

Continued funding for Plano’s African American Museum being questioned

The last quarterly spending report filed by the museum showed that it had spent $7,393 of the $119,848.50 it had been given so far this fiscal year.

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Apartment-retail complex planned for downtown Plano is delayed

Until 2010.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Collin County: diversity and elections

By Bill Baumbach

Unfortunately, our growing diversity is absent from the makeup of our local governing bodies.

Monday, May 11, 2009

UPDATED: Collin County Republican’s 2009 Plano election preview

What I'm looking for are candidates who do not support new taxes for rail and understand that it's important to attract companies to the suburbs.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

League of Women Voters to hold Plano candidate forums

Session 1 will feature the city council candidates and session 2 will feature the candidates for Plano ISD school board.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Plano’s Live Green Expo is expensive propaganda

If the Plano city council, mayor and city manager are really serious about cutting out unnecessary spending, this should be the first thing that gets the axe, not safety.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Collin County Republican advocates ouster of Plano city councilman Lee Dunlap

Lee Dunlap states that he is a fiscal conservative; however, I disagree with that.

Friday, March 13, 2009

Effects of DART light rail on Plano

The residents and city leaders of Frisco, McKinney and Allen should look at Plano’s problems and think twice before signing onto DART.

Friday, March 13, 2009

Ben Harris to run for Plano City Council

Harris is a 30-year resident of Plano and is the Incoming Chair of the Leadership Plano Executive Board.

Monday, Feb. 16, 2009

Plano businesswoman Susan Plonka to run for city council

Plonka will run for Place 2 in the Plano City Council, a seat currently held by Scott Johnson, who will not seek reelection due to term limits.

Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009

Cement company sues Dallas, other cities for “green” cement resolution

Hmm... spend money on greener cement processes for your company, or hire lawyers to force cities to buy your pollute-tastic cement. It's a wash really.

Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008

Census Bureau report determines that most affluent city in the U.S. is Plano

Jeez, then how is that Plano-ites come off as a bunch of middle-class tightwads?

Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008

East Plano to possibly get new “megacomplex”

That doesn't count the complex they already have by constantly playing second fiddle to west Plano.

Monday, Aug. 18, 2008

$17 million deficit means no new Plano fire station for now

Remember simpler times when the city went back and forth on whether to buy a $3 million water fountain?

Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008

Plano City Council to diss all Leslis, change street name

Changing Lesli Court to Leslie Court disregards the feelings of all the Leslis of the world, like TV and film director Lesli Linka Glatter.

Friday, Aug. 8, 2008

Plano City Council to spend tons of money, fix parking

If they approve all the bids and contracts on the agenda, the council will spend almost $18 million tonight.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Plano businessman’s forgotten briefcase causes bomb scare

Portions of Macy's at Willow Bend were evacuated before David Smith claimed his attaché case.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Plano helps solve money problems by eliminating 50 vacant positions

Among the 50 vacant positions being eliminated, 11 police officers and six firefighters will be cut.

Monday, July 7, 2008

Plano City Council to lay off police officers, firefighters

11 police officers and six firefighters will lose their jobs as part of a citywide strategy to reduce costs in anticipation of a budget shortfall.

Monday, July 7, 2008

Plano and Collin County in midst of series of ugly scandals

By Scott Henson

Taken together, they paint quite a portrait of the Collin County justice system.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Plano City Council candidate doesn’t blame controversy for defeat

By John Wright

Justin Nichols lost his bid for the Place 1 seat on the Plano City Council on May 10.

Friday, May 16, 2008

2008 Plano election results: Ellerbe out, half billion dollar bond in

Plano citizens ousted one city councilmember, brought in another new one, and chose to say yes to a half a billion dollar bond proposition.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

UPDATED: Plano City Council race shows contrast in campaign contributions

Pat Miner has collected more than twice the amount of money as his opponent Justin Nichols.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Plano City Council considering recycling, money for arts project

However, they'll counteract the effects of recycling by buying a big, gas-guzzling excavator.

Monday, April 14, 2008

Plano residents erecting nets to protect their homes from balls

Anything to keep those golf balls from hitting your siding (or your kids).

Monday, April 7, 2008

Collin County official backs off plan to fire openly gay employee

By John Wright

Collin County Commissioner Jerry Hoagland had proposed the firing after reading of Justin Nichols' bid to run for the Plano City Council.

Friday, April 4, 2008

Attack e-mail implies gay Plano City Council candidate is child molester

By John Wright

An anonymous e-mail was sent out last week attacking County Commissioner Phyllis Cole for her support of Collin County Teen Court coordinator Justin Nichols.

Friday, March 28, 2008

Plano pastor threatens to sue Plano after the city denies his request for a prayer meeting

Denied.... well, they didn't exactly say no. The room had already been booked.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Plano school board members greenlight $490 million bond issue

You might say they voted to have the voters vote on it. (In May.)

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Plano homeowners upset over planned tower construction

"Not within the viewing range of my back yard," seems to be the consensus.

Police and firefighters need to talk to each other, and they need communications towers to do it. Go figure.

Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007

Plano offering fee-based Internet at four locations in city